the oz books

A series of books, starting with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, dealing with the "history" of the Land of Oz. The first fourteen books by the original author, L. Frank Baum, another nineteen books by Ruth Plumly Thompson, and another seven books by various authors comprise the "Famous Forty", which is considered the classic original series (though inconsistencies make it difficult to call it canonical). Most of the books in the "Famous Forty" were published by Reilly and Britton, later Reilly and Lee. Other books were printed later, by different publishing houses. As the earlier works have fallen out of copyright (including all of L. Frank Baum's titles), numerous other books have been written in the series by many authors and publishers, some of whom continue to publish new works today. In fact, so many additional Oz books have been written, that merely attempting to document all such books is a weighty endeavor in and of itself (see Outside links). Some small publishers have even specialised in publishing Oz pastiches, of which the most commercial are probably Books of Wonder, Hungry Tiger Press, and The International Wizard of Oz Club - and perhaps the graphic novels of Eric Shanower. There are also alternative series of Oz books, such as the sequels written in Russian by Alexander Volkov, or the books of Frank Baum's great-grandson, Roger S. Baum. Then there are the "revisionist" books of Gregory Maguire. The following list therefore contains only Oz books written by the authors of the first "Famous Forty" (including those published in later years).

List of Oz Books in chronological order:

The Famous Forty

The original books by Frank Baum

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). Chicago, New York, George M. Hill Company. LC 03032405. (also reprinted by various publishers under the names The New Wizard of Oz and The Wizard of Oz with occasional minor changes in the text)
The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904). Chicago, Reilly and Britton Company. LC 04017928. (also reprinted as The Land of Oz)
Ozma of Oz (1907). Chicago, Reilly and Britton Company. LC 07024773
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908). Chicago, Reilly and Britton Company. LC 08020022
The Road to Oz (1909) Chicago, Reilly and Britton Company. LC 09019832
The Emerald City of Oz (1910). Chicago, Reilly and Britton Company. LC 10025680
The Patchwork Girl of Oz. (1913). Chicago, Reilly and Britton Company.
Tik-Tok of Oz (1914). Chicago, Reilly and Britton Company. LC 14012287
The Scarecrow of Oz (1915). Chicago, Reilly and Britton Company.
Rinkitink in Oz (1916). Chicago, Reilly and Britton Company. LC 16014719
The Lost Princess of Oz (1917). Chicago, Reilly and Britton Company. LC 17016754
The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918). Chicago, Reilly and Britton Company.
The Magic of Oz (1919). Chicago, Reilly and Lee Company. LC 19015894
Glinda of Oz (1920). Chicago, Reilly and Lee Company. LC 20017681
;By Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Royal Book of Oz (1921)
Kabumpo in Oz (1922)
The Cowardly Lion of Oz (1923)
Grampa in Oz (1924)
The Lost King of Oz (1925)
The Hungry Tiger of Oz (1926)
The Gnome King of Oz (1927)
The Giant Horse of Oz (1928)
Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1929)
The Yellow Knight of Oz (1930)
Pirates in Oz (1931)
The Purple Prince in Oz (1932)
Ojo in Oz (1933)
Speedy in Oz (1934)
The Wishing Horse of Oz (1935)
Captain Salt in Oz (1936)
Handy Mandy in Oz (1937)
The Silver Princess in Oz (1938)
Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (1939)
;By John R. Neill
The Wonder City of Oz
The Scalawagons of Oz
Lucky Bucky in Oz
;By Jack Snow
The Magical Mimics in Oz
The Shaggy Man of Oz
;By Rachel Cosgrove
The Hidden Valley of Oz
;By Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren Lynn McGraw
Merry-Go-Round in Oz